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This study reveals distinctive statistical signatures in the transactional dynamics of ERC20 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain by examining over 81 million token transfers across two independent time windows: July 2017 to March 2018 and December 2019 to February 2020. Transactions are categorized into four types: EOA\u2013EOA, EOA\u2013SC, SC-EOA, and SC-SC based on whether the interacting addresses are Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) or Smart Contracts (SCs), and analyzed across four equal periods (each of 3 months). To characterize and identify specific statistical patterns, we investigate the presence of two canonical scaling laws: power-law distributions and temporal Taylor\u2019s law(TL). EOA-driven transactions exhibit consistent statistical behavior, including a near-linear relationship between trade volume and unique partners with stable power-law exponents (\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0358972.e001\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0358972.e001g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0358972.e001\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M1\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mi>\u03b3<\/mml:mi>\n                            <mml:mo>\u2248<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>2.3<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    ), and adherence to TL with scaling coefficients (\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0358972.e002\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0358972.e002g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0358972.e002\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M2\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mi>\u03b2<\/mml:mi>\n                            <mml:mo>\u2248<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>2.3<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    ). In contrast, interactions involving SCs, especially SC-SC, exhibit sublinear scaling, unstable power-law exponents, and significantly fluctuating Taylor coefficients (variation in\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0358972.e003\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0358972.e003g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0358972.e003\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M3\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mi>\u03b2<\/mml:mi>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    to be\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0358972.e004\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0358972.e004g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0358972.e004\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M4\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mo>\u0394<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mi>\u03b2<\/mml:mi>\n                            <mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>0.51<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    ). Moreover, SC-driven activity displays heavier-tailed distributions (\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0358972.e005\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0358972.e005g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0358972.e005\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M5\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mi>\u03b3<\/mml:mi>\n                            <mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    ), indicating bursty and protocol-level activity. The gas fee analysis further supports the difference between EOA and SC, with EOA-SC transactions incurring much higher gas fees, consistent with the greater computational complexity of smart contract execution and reinforcing the structural differences between EOA-driven activity and SC involvement. These findings reveal the characteristic differences between EOA-driven and SC\u2013driven transaction behaviors in blockchain ecosystems. By uncovering scaling behaviors through the integration of complex systems theory and blockchain data analytics, this work provides a principled framework for understanding the underlying mechanisms of decentralized financial systems.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0358972","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T17:42:22Z","timestamp":1790876542000},"page":"e0358972","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Statistical patterns in the Ethereum blockchain: Analysis of EOAs and smart contracts in ERC20 token network"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Kundan","family":"Mukhia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Technology","place":["Ravangla, Sikkim, India"],"department":["Department of Physics"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S. 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